Microblog Memes

Back in college, I saw the meat puppets open for another band. (I think it might have neen deerhoof?) Pretty much the whole venue staff came to see that show, and we all showed upeqrly, psyched to see them play, whereas a lot of the audience filtered in later to see just the headliner. After the headliners played, we semi jokingly started a chant, 'bring back the meat puppets!' And they did it, Using a lot of the headliners equipment, like drums and amps and stuff. I like to think I helped introduce some kids to the meat p I pets that day.

You can always tell if they're coming back out based on the house lights. Encores are always scheduled so if the house lights come up, show's over. Another tell is the time. If it's still ten minutes to the hour, they will likely fit in another set. If it's 11pm exactly, for example, they're probably finished.

Don't bother with Lenny Kravitz either. What a pretentious and whiny little bitch. Yes, we know it's raining, but it's also like 25°C and the rain is merely a light drizzle, so stfu about it. Besides part of the stage is dry, we paid for your name to come not your attitude, and we've been standing in the rain for hours, listening to far more talented musicians than you, so just play your two hits and piss off

Sellout with me oh yeah, sellout with me tonight. The record company's gonna give me lots of money and everything's gonna be all right.

Miss the days when we shit on shills and valued independent thought.

When I worked backstage, it seemed like that encore period was just a mini break for most bands, so they could finish strong. Often it would be round of shots/ a quick joint, then psych themselves back up for the last 3.

Encores are just giving music away for free; it's basically stealing a concert ticket from themselves. /s

If the house lights come up, it’s over. Go home.

I went to a Willie Nelson concert where he just ignored the countdown timer on stage and kept right on playing for at least another 30 minutes. That was a good concert.

You are allowed to be a dick to your audience when you're a superstar.

Eeehh, I agree on the prize thing. But it's like paying for a theater play, or a circus act. You are paying for the whole performance package. Stage, wardrobe, lights, dancing troupe, choreography, etc. Not just the music and the artist singing, I go to my local cafe for that sort of shit. For what is worth, pop artists usually include both lip sync and live singing sections in their performance depending on the venue and event type. Like, Taylor Swift has sections of her tour shows where she sings just with her guitar, those are live voice. But asking her to keep a perfect pitch while she is being hurled in the air by acrobatic hydraulics, or while jumping in what is essentially a high intensity aerobic routine is a bit much, no one can do that (OK, maybe Britney in her prime could).

Also, doing a two hour show daily for weeks straight is fucking taxing on the everything. Any touring artists will tell you how demanding and body crushing it can be. The alternative for live singing only shows is that, when the body is unwilling, the show gets cancelled. "You paid hundreds and asked for your vacation time to travel and sleep here tonight? sorry, tough luck. Top artists has a sore throat, we will mail you the refund terms." While artists who lip sync at least some section of their shows can usually tour for longer with fewer cancellations.

That said, this is not an endorsement of Taylor Swift, she is a rich privileged and entitled cunt. But damn she can sing.

You cheer when they say the city name dont you?

I can't tell if this is a joke or not and that bothers me

Nah I fucking love it. Stage time is limited often by when a venue has to close due to noise ordinances, if the band respects your time enough to not pretend to walk off stage you actually get more music.

At my local symphony the crowd always applause between movements 😭 it doesn't really bother me too much but I do wish they'd make a polite announcement about it or something. But on the other hand I get that they don't want to make things seem stuffy and imposing.

I had a classical encore, a student orchestra doing the star wars theme as an encore. That was pretty epic.